#B8862D#B8862D

#B8862D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.119 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8862D
RGB	rgb(184, 134, 45)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 10.83, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 53.85, 78.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0252 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.119 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7679, 27.4323, 6.2619)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8862D #2D5FB8

analogous

#B8402D #B8862D #A5B82D

triadic

#B8862D #2DB886 #862DB8

tetradic

#B8862D #2DB840 #2D5FB8 #B82DA5

square

#B8862D #2DB840 #2D5FB8 #B82DA5

split-complementary

#B8862D #2DA5B8 #402DB8

monochromatic

#563E15 #876221 #B8862D #D4A44E #E0BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B8862D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B8862D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8862D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8862D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8862D	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8862d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 134, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.119 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a96c',
    500: '#b8862d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8862d;
$custom-light: #d2a96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8862d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65374,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8862D

secondary

#7895C9

accent

#7DE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8862D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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